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• Separating the wheat from the chaff: legitimate foreclosure investors vs. scammers
  
  An article in the Los Angeles Times onTuesday documented the sad story of a defaulted homeowner who was thevictim of alleged foreclosure fraud. The homeowner said he was trickedinto signing over the title of his home by a scam artist who didnothing to stop the foreclosure and then took out another loan againstthe property with no intention of paying it off. It is a crime thatconsumer advocates fear could become increasingly The article goes on tomake the case that foreclosure fraud crime is on the rise. The scammers dontcreate the foreclosure rates, but they swoop in at
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Home Prices Fall Deeper Into the Abyss
  
  percent), Los Angeles (-24.5 Washington, Los Angeles, New York and Miami are highlighted in a S&P press release as the best performing markets overall since January 2000. Since August 2006 there has not been one month where we have seen overall price increases, as measured by the two Composites,” said David M. Homeowners across the country may be feeling a bit like Mel Brooks’ character from his movie “High Anxiety” now that Standard and Poor’s has released its May numbers for the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices .
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• Foreclosure Crisis Sparks Surge in Arson
  
  In Massachusetts , there’s a growing concern that foreclosure arson is becoming a problem around the state as more and more properties are abandoned. In Colorado , a homeowner was convicted for setting his home on fire to prevent the lender from repossessing the property. “We’ve We’ve seen a dramatic increase in this kind of fraud,” Dan Bales, the head of fraud investigations at Mercury Insurance, told the Los In desperate times people resort to desperate measures. Facing foreclosure, some homeowners are setting fire to their homes for the insurance money.
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• Room Enough for a Catnap
  
  Well, for one family it was the right time, an attractive property, and so they came off the fence and pounced at the opportunity of occupying a foreclosed property — quite literally, given that it’s a family of bobcats. And they apparently have good taste too since the property is located in what is considered to be an upscale and well-groomed development in Lake Elsinore, Calif., In this lackluster real estate market potential homebuyers have been sitting on the fence, observing from the sidelines as the number of foreclosures keeps going up and home prices keep plummeting.
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• Fed's Latest Moves No Real Surprise
  
  As for its decision on interest rates, in its official statement the FOMC justified its position, stating, “Strains in financial markets have increased significantly and labor markets have weakened further. Remarking on the Fed’s rescue of AIG, the Los Angeles Times commented this morning that it seems to be an “abrupt about-face” in position considering that the Fed did not bail out Lehman Brothers as it filed for bankruptcy protection (after having bailed out Bear Stearns earlier this year). Financial analysts who were hoping for some downward movement on interest rates yesterday by the Federal Reserve were disappointed as Ben Bernanke and his merry band unanimously voted to do nothing.
  www.foreclosurepulse.com - Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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• Coastal Disasters = More Foreclosures?
  
  It doesn’t matter if you’re living in Florida or California — coastal property is expensive and so are the insurance premiums that go with them. Back in 1994 something called “The Northridge Earthquake” (misnamed as it was) shook Los Angeles at 4:31 a.m. Florida had 124,721 foreclosures last year — a 2 percent increase from 2005, and a foreclosure rate of one new filing for every 59 households. For anyone who has lived through a natural disaster, the recent tornadoes in Central Florida and the horrific aftermath left behind — approximately 1,500 structures destroyed and 20 people killed — brings back memories of more than just the great need for disaster relief from the federal government (FEMA).
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• California Tops PMI's Risk Index
  
  Studying the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the nation, scores increased for 34 out of the nation’s top 50 over a year earlier, with an average score of 342. Rounding out the top 10 with their scores were: Nassau-Suffolk, NY (601); Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (600); Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA (597); Boston-Quincy, MA (595); Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, RI-MA (595); and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA (592). Seven out of the 10 riskiest housing markets in the nation for home price deflation over the next two years are located in California, according to the Winter 2007 PMI U.S.
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• Economic Indicators: Image Is Everything
  
  percent from February 2007, although the median home price of a new home increased 8.2 What does all this mean to anyone looking to the nation’s foreclosure market for a home purchase? It means that there has never been a better time in recent history to get off the fence and buy that primary residence or investment property you’ve been waiting for. percent), while Phoenix, San Diego, Los Angeles, Detroit, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington, D.C. When it comes to purchasing real estate — either as a primary residence or as an investment — perception is everything.
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• As Home Prices Plummet, When Will You Buy?
  
  percent decline and Los Angeles with a 26.2 have access to credit have fat cash reserves aren't already over-exposed in real estate have a secure job or income stream expect to hold the property for at least two years" But be forewarned, prices are expected to fall further, and will take awhile to rebound, according to many economists. "I child will take a lot longer to learn to walk if her parent never lets her try on her own, but rushes over and picks her up everytime she stands up and gets Home prices in 20 of the nation's major metro areas in July were collectively down 16.3
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